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I'm sorry I haven't been posting during the day, except well new job, don't want the standard to slip just yet. It is kinda cool, I get to break things and test them to see if they work. Also is it a good sign I have been invited to the Christmas do (they send invites in August?). I can look just not post at the moment...why was Mike Martin (or Mike Farrrkking Hunt as he was earlier) on a tirade? so body spilt his ???

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This has been explained elsewhere.
Buns are less resilient than the hot dogs so it is often the case that a bun becomes soggy or ripped.
There are actuarial tables that show for every 8 hot dogs you need 10 buns because of loss.

Originally the bun-makers did this to be nice and then they lobbied and got a law put into place that states,

The TLDW: It has to do with tradition. Meat is generally sold by the pound (1.6oz dog, 1lb total = 10 dogs per pack). Bread pans generally come in multiples of 4 by tradition. So unless the meat industry changes its standard or the bread industry spends a ton of money making new equipment, this is just how it is.

As a spot check of your rant, I went to tesco.com (that's what popped into my head) and searched for "hot dog"

For the result search returned, the results are as followed

Number of dogs in pack:
8/8/6/6/6/8/10/5/8/10/4/8/10/w/w/w/w/w/w/w/w
w= sold by weight, number of dogs not specified

For the buns, these were:
6/6/6/4

So the only conclusion I can establish is: Hot dog packs typically contain more dogs than bun packs contain buns, and 8 Hot Dogs appears to be the common pack size. If it more common for the US pack size to be 10, this might be the source of the obesity problem, as someone will eat those extra 2, "as it would be a shame to waste them".

Looking into this further (if I didn't, one of you would have) I found that there's a Latin root, gurgis (surprise!). However - deep contemplation of the meaning of said root, I realize the word should properly be ungurgitate.

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